Has anyone kayaked the Tasman Sea?
Has anyone kayaked the Tasman Sea? Richard Barnes has successfully kayaked 2,000km across the Tasman Sea, between Australia and New Zealand. The 62-year-old landed in New Zealand after 67 days at sea. He began his journey from Hobart, on the Australian island of Tasmania.
Is the Tasman Sea deep?
The Tasman Sea is a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean, situated between Australia and New Zealand. It measures about 2,000 km across and about 2,800 km from north to south. The sea was named after the Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman, who in 1642 was the first known person to cross it.
Why is the Tasman Sea called the ditch?
The Tasman Sea has for many years been referred to as The Ditch by Australians and New Zealanders. The exact etymology for this term is uncertain, however when traveling between Australia and New Zealand, it is commonly referred to as crossing the ditch.
Has anyone kayaked the Great Loop?
After 6,800 nautical miles, a 65-year-old is the first to complete the Greater Loop as a solo kayaker. Mark Fuhrmann, 65, has become the first person to solo kayak the Greater Loop, a 6,800-mile nautical journey across Canada and the United States. The journey took Fuhrmann 268 days and 1,643 hours of paddling.
What is the farthest someone has kayaked?
The longest distance kayaked across an ocean is 3,541 nautical miles (6,558 km or 4,075 Miles) by Aleksander Doba (Poland) from Lisbon, Portugal to Canaveral, Florida, United States, solo in 196 days between 5th October 2013 and 17th April 2014 aboard Olo.